Still trying to get over the shock that in the Millennium period the slaughter of animals will continue. :wacko: I thought it was only for the 7 year tribulation and in the Millennium the people would be doing grain offerings. My question is any of you concerned that perhaps our job duties might consist of killing animals? I don’t know about you but I have a hard enough time just cutting up chicken meat in a package from the grocery store, let alone trying to stab to death a live animal. I wonder if we can give that part of the job assignment to our Guardian Angel or will there be A.I robots? Doesn’t it make you want to strive all the more for crowns so we can be kings and rule and reign and perhaps avoid the duties of slaughtering that might be attached to the priesthood role? :feedback We shall not replace the tribe of Levi. Regardless what is offered! During the Millennium we shall be given other duties and responsibilities as it applies to the teaching of the Millennium saints. Preparing them for when Satan is released by grounding them in the love of the Lord, and foreknowledge of Satan's tactics. TR Whew, what a relief. Teaching should be a breeze ... even though I have not one ounce of talent in that field. B-) Geri & Tenderreed, i wouldn't want to have to kill anything either. Is 1:10-14 How not to sacrifice a lamb: Regina, I think what the problem is most churches and Bible colleges do not talk about the reinstatement of the blood offerings ... instead they reference this passage in Hebrews 10 a lot ... that its been done away with because Jesus became the perfect Lamb sacrifice for our sins. This is why I think its hard to adjust our minds to the thought that the blood sacrifices will be a requirement again in the Millennium period. What you said makes sense since those that are born in the millennium will only know of a peaceful environment ... no violence or murder like we see or read about on a daily basis right now so they will need to be taught the effects of sin brought death. Hebrews 10: 8-21 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; definitely it is only Jesus who takes away sin, and He gave Himself once for sin, forever, as Hebrews says. 10 “‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin. 11 They may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings and sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve them. 12 But because they served them in the presence of their idols and made the people of Israel fall into sin, therefore I have sworn with uplifted hand that they must bear the consequences of their sin, declares the Sovereign Lord. 13 They are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame of their detestable practices. 14 And I will appoint them to guard the temple for all the work that is to be done in it. Ezekiel 44:10-15 Would you please provide passages/verses to support your saying that there will be animal sacrifices during the millennial reign? Thank so much. hi, Here is another example, see verse 21 especially. The other verses are for context, showing this is after Armageddon: 12 This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another. 14 Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. 15 A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps. 16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 20 On that day holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite[c] in the house of the Lord Almighty. Zechariah 14:12-20
this whole thing about teaching Israel to do sacrifices, having it in the law of Moses and even in the millennial temple is a big deal to God or He wouldn't have made a point of doing it. remember when Abraham raised his hand to slay Isaac and the angel of God stopped him (Genesis 22). God said He would provide Himself a lamb for a whole burnt offering and said that Abraham's seed would inherit the cities of their enemies.22:8,13,16
https://www.biblestudytools.com/lxx/genesis/22.html
When Jesus was slain by way of the whipping and beating and cross, with the indignity of being spit at and hit, this was not the way a lamb was to be slain, either by Abraham, or after the law was given to Moses it was not the way the priests were to slay sacrifices. when the time of millennium has arrived, not only will the borders of Israel be changed to be what God declares (and this will fulfill Gen 22:16 having the cities of their enemies also fulfilling Ez 48 the boundaries) but under the rule of Jesus, the sacrifices will happen as they are supposed to with both obedience and understanding that Jesus is God, the son of God whom God provided, provided Himself a lamb. In Isaiah 1:10-14 is an example of how God was sick of sacrifices without the heart and obedience of the people. When Israel does become obedient to the Lord, there must be something about the importance of the sacrifices, teaching those alive and born in that time of millennium for Jesus to have them be continued, or else they would end.
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1%3A10-14&version=NASB
Ez 48
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ez+48&version=NASB
Matthew 27:26, Mark 10:34, 14:65, 15:19, John 19:1-3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A26%2C+Mark+10%3A34%2C+14%3A65%2C+15%3A19%2C+John+19%3A1-3&version=NASB
that millennium will be a strange time, with immortals and mortals, those who survived the tribulation and those born into the millennium. since the sacrifices are not able to remove sin, that leaves instructional, memorial reasons; if Jesus has another reason, He will teach us.
15 “‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table to minister before me and serve me as guards.
in Ezekiel where it talks about the millennial temple this comes up, for example
Ez 40:38-43 and see David's post above ez 44:10-15
ez 46:10-24
